A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Porgera in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/02/18 / 2018-02-27 21:17:47 / February 27, 2018 @ 9:17 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 142.9319° East, -6.0108° South. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:17:47 / 7:17 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000d8v9. Event ids that are associated: us2000d8v9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mendi, Tari (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days sixty-nine, in the past 30 days sixty-nine and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 67 km SSW of Porgera, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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